Collector Check-In: Overlooked Bronze Age Keys Heating Up?
Weekend Collector Check-In: What Overlooked Bronze Age Keys Are Heating Up? Welcome back, collectors! It’s time for our weekend check-in, where we dive into the trends and treasures of the hobby here at the Comic Book Addicts community. Today’s hot topic: identifying overlooked Bronze Age keys that might be showing signs of heating up. The […]
Marvel & IDW’s History of Micronauts Comics
Tiny Heroes, Big Impact: Unpacking the History of Micronauts Comics Sometimes, the biggest stories come in the smallest packages. Enter the Micronauts, a concept born from a popular Japanese toy line (Microman) imported by Mego Corporation in the late 1970s. While the action figures captured imaginations, their transition into the world of comics created a […]
Bronze Age of Comics: Marvel & DC’s Shift Explained
Bronze Age of Comics: Marvel & DC’s Shift Explained Remember the comics of the 1970s and early 1980s? That exciting, often gritty period was the Bronze Age of Comics. This era marked a huge change in superhero storytelling. Gone were some of the campier, purely escapist tales of the Silver Age. Instead, superheroes got more […]
Marvel’s Secret Wars 1984: The Original Crossover Epic
Marvel’s Secret Wars 1984: The Crossover That Started It All Imagine a world where Marvel’s greatest heroes and most notorious villains vanish from Earth. They reappear instantly on a strange, patchwork planet. A cosmic entity of unimaginable power offers them their heart’s desire. The catch? They must destroy their enemies. This wasn’t just a wild […]
Official Handbook Marvel Universe 8: N-P Profiles
Unlocking Marvel Secrets: Official Handbook Marvel Universe 8 The Marvel Universe teems with characters. Heroes, villains, aliens, and gods fill its pages. For fans, especially in the pre-internet era, keeping track was a challenge. How strong is Namorita? What is Pyro’s origin? Marvel Comics provided an answer in the 1980s. They launched The Official Handbook […]
Doomsday + 1 Comic: Byrne’s Charlton Debut
This Day In Comics: Remembering Charlton’s Doomsday + 1 Welcome back to Comic Book Addicts! Today, April 8th, we look back at a significant date for fans of classic comics and legendary artists. Specifically, April 8, 1975, marked the release date for issue #1 of Doomsday + 1, published by Charlton Comics. While the series […]
Ghost Rider #27: X-Men Team-Up Against the Brood!
Ghost Rider #27: When the Spirit of Vengeance Met the X-Men Hey comic book addicts! Get ready for a blast from the past as we delve into the thrilling world of Ghost Rider #27. Released by Marvel Comics on July 1, 1992, this issue, titled “Vengeance: Pure and Simple,” delivers an action-packed team-up that fans […]
Gail Simone and Lea Hernandez — Killer Princesses (About Comics)
Back in 2001, when Gail Simone was just getting her comics career rolling, she teamed up with veteran artist Lea Hernandez to bring out a new, darkly funny creator-owned series. Killer Princesses tells the tale of three members of a sorority of trained assassins, each bold, beautiful, bawdy, and bdangerous. There’s the fair and kindly […]
Justice League Task Force #15 (DC) Covers
Justice League Task Force #15 – Silver Ages released by DC Comics on August 1, 1994. Part 2 of the 3-part ‘Aftershocks,’ continued from Justice League America (1987) #91. With the dissolution of the Justice League at hand, Martian Manhunter and Gypsy experience an unexpected new twist in their relationship. Concludes in Justice League Europe […]
Avengers West Coast #66 (Marvel Comics) Covers
Avengers West Coast #66 – Tunnel Vision released by Marvel on January 1991 The West Coast Avengers are AMBUSHED by a group of sentry robots! If that wasn’t enough, waiting for them on the other side is Ultron-13. The Reaper and The Robot: Part Two The Avengers West Coast unite together for a meeting to […]